gnawitall
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Post by gnawitall on May 29, 2024 15:24:39 GMT -8
UW has 7 portal ers. Not sure where they were on the depth chart but hey, we need players.
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Post by Judge Smails on May 29, 2024 15:29:50 GMT -8
UW has 7 portal ers. Not sure where they were on the depth chart but hey, we need players. I think they are called portal hers for women's sports.
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Post by ricke71 on May 29, 2024 15:37:31 GMT -8
This was posted on a Facebook page, for what it’s worth: People need to The reason why most of the softball team left has to do with a recent coaching hire. Those that left did not like the new assistant coach. Since he is staying they decided they weren’t. “Lack of player coach connection” is how one decided to put it. … the older sister of one of my daughter’s travel teammates was direct with me. The WCC played a role, but the ones who entered the portal were all leaning that way before the WCC announcement. Some made their mind up at the first practice, but weren’t going to give up before the start of the season. This coach?Admittedly I don't follow softball, like I do Baseball and WBB, but I did a scant amount of looking into that assistant coach...especially his undergraduate experience...as he "holds a bachelor's degree in Organizational Management from Patten University in 2006." I'd never heard of that 'college' but here's all what I found (wiki): Patten University is an online college in Oakland, California. Its parent organization, Patten Educational Foundation, was founded in 1944 by Bebe Patten as a bible college, and went through several stages in its history, variously under the names Oakland Bible Institute, Patten Bible Institute, Patten College, then Patten University. It has an enrollment of 300.
Sounds a bit sketchy, imho.
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Post by Werebeaver on May 29, 2024 18:26:47 GMT -8
Admittedly I don't follow softball, like I do Baseball and WBB, but I did a scant amount of looking into that assistant coach...especially his undergraduate experience...as he "holds a bachelor's degree in Organizational Management from Patten University in 2006." I'd never heard of that 'college' but here's all what I found (wiki): Patten University is an online college in Oakland, California. Its parent organization, Patten Educational Foundation, was founded in 1944 by Bebe Patten as a bible college, and went through several stages in its history, variously under the names Oakland Bible Institute, Patten Bible Institute, Patten College, then Patten University. It has an enrollment of 300.
Sounds a bit sketchy, imho. Makes Warner Pacific sound like Harvard.
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Post by ochobeavo on May 30, 2024 6:58:47 GMT -8
This was posted on a Facebook page, for what it’s worth: People need to The reason why most of the softball team left has to do with a recent coaching hire. Those that left did not like the new assistant coach. Since he is staying they decided they weren’t. “Lack of player coach connection” is how one decided to put it. … the older sister of one of my daughter’s travel teammates was direct with me. The WCC played a role, but the ones who entered the portal were all leaning that way before the WCC announcement. Some made their mind up at the first practice, but weren’t going to give up before the start of the season. Good luck in the real world... Those are essentially the same choices one makes in the real world. Don't see anything wrong with it really. I've left a job because my boss was an idiot. Happens all the time.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 30, 2024 9:52:41 GMT -8
Good luck in the real world... Those are essentially the same choices one makes in the real world. Don't see anything wrong with it really. I've left a job because my boss was an idiot. Happens all the time. Hopefully you were good at your job and could find immediate employment. Not too much need nationwide for players hitting less than .200, with no power.
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Post by ochobeavo on May 30, 2024 10:31:31 GMT -8
Those are essentially the same choices one makes in the real world. Don't see anything wrong with it really. I've left a job because my boss was an idiot. Happens all the time. Hopefully you were good at your job and could find immediate employment. Not too much need nationwide for players hitting less than .200, with no power.Are you sure? I mean our men's basketball team took on a guy who averaged 1.7ppg. The guys who left a pretty bad basketball team have also found homes.. nationwide!
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 30, 2024 11:28:42 GMT -8
There aren't many 7-footers in basketball. That's why they are valuable and in demand and why we took one.
Porter and Bilodeau, the two talented players among those who transferred, found Power 5 landing spots. No one else did. They all transferred down.
There is no market for sub-.200 hitters with no power in the SEC, Big Ten or Big 12 or ACC. I suspect those portaling will have to move down to find playing time.
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Post by ochobeavo on May 30, 2024 12:19:05 GMT -8
There aren't many 7-footers in basketball. That's why they are valuable and in demand and why we took one. Porter and Bilodeau, the two talented players among those who transferred, found Power 5 landing spots. No one else did. They all transferred down.There is no market for sub-.200 hitters with no power in the SEC, Big Ten or Big 12 or ACC. I suspect those portaling will have to move down to find playing time. Ibekwe is at UW. Akanno is at a significantly better program in Utah State. We took the guy who was lousy at P5 school and transferred down. LOL what are we even arguing here. Point is, they made a big kid decision, you weigh the risks/trade offs - maybe they find a home, maybe they end up at EOU. So they are already "in the real world" making life choices - which was my point to the other guy saying "good luck in the real world."
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 30, 2024 15:09:35 GMT -8
There aren't many 7-footers in basketball. That's why they are valuable and in demand and why we took one. Porter and Bilodeau, the two talented players among those who transferred, found Power 5 landing spots. No one else did. They all transferred down.There is no market for sub-.200 hitters with no power in the SEC, Big Ten or Big 12 or ACC. I suspect those portaling will have to move down to find playing time. Ibekwe is at UW. Akanno is at a significantly better program in Utah State. We took the guy who was lousy at P5 school and transferred down. LOL what are we even arguing here. Point is, they made a big kid decision, you weigh the risks/trade offs - maybe they find a home, maybe they end up at EOU. So they are already "in the real world" making life choices - which was my point to the other guy saying "good luck in the real world." I replied to your post referring to the guy from Wake who averaged 1.7 points. His height alone makes him valuable. Players do improve; Dexter averaged less than a point and less than a rebound a game at Marquette before coming here. One could call that "lousy." I forgot about KC. We'll see how he does. My guess is he would have gotten much more PT had he remained. USU is a shell of its 2024 team. New head coach, lost the MWC POY, almost totally new roster. We won more NCAA games in one tournament than USU has this entire century. Players made their choices and moved on. So have I. As for the softball players, I will be interested to see where they all end up. My guess is most would have done better by staying at OSU.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jun 17, 2024 10:32:10 GMT -8
Supposedly softball pitcher Sarah Haendiges has either committed or signed to play for Kentucky in 2025. None of the other 18 have signed or committed anywhere; no surprise, there's not a big market for sub-.200 hitters.
Kentucky has become a top destination for portal softball and baseball players. It might not ever recruit another high school player in those sports.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jun 19, 2024 16:48:28 GMT -8
Hearing reports of OF Eliana Gottlieb heading to Georgia Tech as a grad transfer.
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Post by oldbeav on Jun 19, 2024 21:09:34 GMT -8
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Post by gnawitall on Jun 20, 2024 4:12:20 GMT -8
Coming from Manhattan College.
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Post by jefframp on Jun 20, 2024 6:19:20 GMT -8
Coming from Manhattan College. Hopefully she is a Bronx Bomber then?
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